[answered] featured

Featuring a topic pulls it up to the top, regardless of whether it has the newest posts in a particular forum. It's not done to annoy you, it's done to draw attention to something noteworthy or new and different, or just diverse vis a vis that forum (e. g. a question on pet oscelots would probably be featured in the Pets and Garden forum simply because we don't often get a call for information on oscelots).

Plus, every forum has exactly (no more and no fewer) 10 featured topics in it. This has to do with how the site is managed so there will be no forums without featured topics. If you see more or fewer, it's because we're in the middle of rotating topics from featured to defeatured or vice versa.

But we on the moderating staff love member input in this area. If you have suggestions, why not click on the "Contact Us" link at the bottom of any page, or just click "Report" on any post (this method is preferred by far, as the url is automatically enclosed), and select Feature/Defeature for the category. And then just send your suggestion straight to the moderating staff.

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